Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem

January 2021 Links

January 26 – 31, 2021

Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s Northern Coast

Bhutan – cashless payments

Bulgaria – counterfeit bust

Canada – counterfeit C$100s in Nova Scotia

China – financial inclusion & the alleviation of poverty

DeLaRue upbeat on profit, plans more polymer spending

Dubai – counterfeits

Hong Kong – counterfeits

Iceland – counterfeits

India – counterfeit bust

Is the cashless society finally here?

Is there a link between cashless payments and unhealthy consumption?

Papua New Guinea – Banknote quality & ATM performance

Philippines – new notes

Romania – Europol Seizes almost €450,000 in Counterfeit Bank Notes

Scotland – Man films himself licking ATM to prove ‘coronavirus isn’t real’

Scotland sees steepest fall in cash machine withdrawals last year

Serbia – Ancient Coins Found in Roman Ruins

Singapore – DBS takes steps to alleviate queues at ATMs, related to new notes

South Sudan – US counterfeits

Sri Lanka – toward cashless

Trinidad/Tobago – polymer substrate notes

UK – LINK: Consumers still withdrew £1,500 per person in 2020, despite ATM transactions falling by 37%

UK – Which? sets banks two-week deadline to protect the fragile cash system 10 million people are not ready – or able – to give up using cash

US – Continental currency, the dream of American independence, and connecting cash to history

US – the counterfeiter who sunk the Confederacy

US/New Jersey – Romanian national sentenced to 5 years for ATM skimming

Why Do Cashless Payments Increase Unhealthy Consumption? The Decision-Risk Inattention Hypothesis

January 23 – 26, 2021

Armenia – Ardshinbank has introduced contactless ATMs

Barbados – toward cashless

China – toward cashless

Diebold Nixdorf launches DN Series EASY – a self-service platform built to transform the shopping & checkout experience

Diebold & NCR pursue a future beyond payments technology

Dominican Republic – banknote history

Early Money – Archaeological Discovery Shows Ancient European “Standardized Bronze Objects”

Early Money – The origins of money: Calculation of similarity indexes demonstrates the earliest development of commodity money in prehistoric Central Europe

East Caribbean – banknote history

Effective security devices to protect banknote due to counterfeiting cash scam

Europe – ECB – euro bank counterfeiting in 2020

Europe – EU banknote history, part 1

Europe – euro banknote history, part 2

Finland – counterfeit currency

France to shut 40% of cash-handling centers

Hard Times Tokens Were Not One Cent – The counterfeit currencies issued in response to 1837’s coin shortage were worthless—or were they?

Holograms & banknotes

India – Demonetization Starts For These Currency Notes From March, 2021: What Should You Do Now?

India – fake notes racket busted in Delhi

India – on the fate of old series Rs100 notes

India – RBI pushes banks to promote use of Rs10 coins

Iran – ancient coins confiscated from smugglers

Ireland – toward cashless

Italy – stolen ancient coins returned after church confession

Liberia – banknote shortage

Malaysia – currency quality standards

Mali – counterfeit note seizure

Oman – it’s a crime to scribble on banknotes

Philippines – PayMaya & cashless payments

South Korea – forged notes on the decline

Sri Lanka – mobile & digital payments

Syria – new banknote

Thailand – 19^th century coins

Top 3 cash automation solutions for better CBD cash management

Treasury’s plans for $800M cash production facility in suburban Maryland come into focus

UK – Co-op & Morrisons urge shoppers use cash as IT woes continue

UK – Liberal-Democrats on secure & free ATMs

UK – Oliver Cromwell gold coin (1656) sells for £471k at auction

UK – the worth of cash

UK – Three jailed after largest counterfeit cash seizure

US – 2020 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting & Piracy

US – Del Monte banknote goes for £290k

US – Fake 1844 Seated dime in the marketplace identified by NGC

US – maybe a new $100 coin for when inflation returns

US Mint coin production in 2020

US – rare gold dollar sells for $9 million at auction

White House recommits to getting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill after Trump delay

January 16 – 23, 2021

Auction bids are topping $57,000 for a rare $20 banknote with Del Monte sticker on it

Bangladesh – smart ATMs

Brazil – fighting counterfeit currency

Bulgaria – Raiffeisenbank opens its first cashless offices

Cabo Verde – introduces new note with cotton substrate to replace one on polymer

Cashless leaves some people behind but it doesn’t have to

CCL Secure & the Bank of England

China – 10,000 ancient coins unearthed

China – pre-1949 banknote history

Consumer Behavior in a Health Crisis: What Happened with Cash?

Czech Republic – banknote history

DeLaRue turnaround

Dirty Money: Does the Risk of Infectious Disease Lower Demand for Cash?

Does the banking future begin with ATMs?

Egypt to issue polymer banknotes in June for 1^st time

Fed to Remove Caps on Coin Distribution

Foreign demand for euro banknotes

Georgia Gold Rush Story: The rise & fall of America’s first private gold-coin mint

Going cashless for a day

Hungary – stash of medieval gold coins found on a farm

Italy – toward cashless

Maldives – discolored notes are not counterfeit

Malta – Suspected fraudster charged with €270,000 fake currency scam

Medieval Tanzania a major player in the Indian ocean trade

Netherlands – the role & future of cash

Nordic countries & cashless

Philippines – new note

Smart safes & grocery store security

South Africa’s biggest banks are in breach of ‘impossible’ new disaster rules regarding ATMs

South Africa – compliance with Covid regulations for ATMs

Switzerland – on the demand for 1000 franc banknotes

The payments industry & financial inclusion

UAE – Moving To Cashless: PayBy study on UAE consumer attitudes to spending in the pandemic

UAE – Digital Payments, the Cashless Economy & Financial Inclusion in the UAE: Why Is Everyone Still Transacting in Cash?

UK – hoard of coins, from a warrior queen

UK – post offices & cash activity

UK – retailers & cash refusal

US – duplicate FRN serial numbers

US – coin humor

US Mint – ready to implement coin alloy change for nickel & quarter

US Mint Releases 2020 Biennial Report to Congress

US/North Dakota – legislation would prevent businesses from refusing cash payments

What it’s like to live in a cashless society

Why we’ve gone back to storing cash under the mattress, demand for paper currency continues to grow, with the highest-denomination bills most in vogue

Will you visit an ATM this year?

Zimbabwe – introduction of high value banknotes won’t worsen inflation

January 7 – 15, 2021

A Penny for Your Thoughts

Australia – Is the virus the meteor that finally wipes out the dinosaur of cash?

Australia – fake $100s with Chinese characters

Azerbaijan – new notes

Bangladesh – BB promoting cashless payments

Biometric ATMs & remote payment systems expanding around the world

Brazil – counterfeit money trade thrives amid pandemic

Canada – Four Indigenous finalists among nominees for new $5 bill

Cash in circulation is soaring, and that usually means good things for the economy

China – ATMs readied for digital RMB

Colombia – banknote history

DeLaRue – every Bank of England denomination to be printed on SAFEGUARD polymer substrate

ECB explains why cash matters

European Commission public consultation: ICA advises against discontinuation of 1 and 2 eurocent coins and introduction of uniform rounding rules

Fiserv expands ATM network with Capital One agreement

Five reforms necessary to create a truly cashless society

Fujitsu Frontech North America launches SmartCASH payment module

Germany – toward cashless

How much is a US$500 note worth today?

India – cash is king despite digital push

India – currency in circulation, first 9 months of 2020

India – ATM industry continues to struggle

India – 80% of ATMs lack adequate maintenance & security

India – ATM skimming gangs

India – currency in circulation breaks record

India – payment banks & financial inclusion

Indonesia – toward cashless

Ireland – Almost €350m still unaccounted for since Ireland moved to euro

Ireland – going cashless isn’t good for everybody

Israel – ATMs & facial recognition

Japan Post Bank to scrap its cashless payment service over security flaws

Michigan’s money from the 19^th century

Nanotech wins new recurring business for secure film

Netherlands – Unexploded bomb in Dutch cash collection machine forces lockdown of entire network

Oman – new banknotes

Philippines – cashless in the fuel sector

Philippines – toward cashless

Philippines – fintech & cash-lite

Poland – 6500 ancient silver coins discovered

Roman coins – the many faces of Nero

Russia – the coinage of Peter the Great

Singapore – MAS urges consumers to replace physical notes with remote e-gifting over Lunar New year

Spain – Greek influence on early Iberian coins

Study – 95% of banknotes are covered in harmful bacteria

Study – banknotes & bacteria

Turkey – 480 ancient coins seized in Istanbul

UK – closing of 167 branches raises fears about cash access

UK – HG Wells coin features false quote

UK – HG Wells coin under fire for wrongly depicting alien war machines

Understanding Cash Processing Solutions & Its Importance In Banking

US – coin shortage persists

US money facts

Using cash over cards can help you save, experts say: Here’s why I still plan to go largely cash-free in 2021

Zimbabwe – new $50

Zimbabwe – new banknotes

January 1 – 7, 2021

Canada – Final countdown to spend $1, $2 bills in stores as they lose status 2021

Canada – Losing Contact: The Impact of Contactless Payments on Cash Usage

Cashless gaming

CCL – 2020 sees Guardian polymer go from strength to strength

Consumer Surplus of Alternative Payment Methods: Paying Uber with Cash

DeLaRue debuts new measures to protect notes

Egypt – Temenos & financial inclusion

Ethiopia – Tigray gets extended time to change old banknotes

Germany, EU move toward cashless payment during pandemic

India – ATM outsourcing

India – counterfeits

No one wants to touch cash anymore. People are flocking to PayPal

Paper dollars in circulation globally spike amid hot demand. but a Mexican bank, after run-ins with the US, can no longer unload its hoard of paper dollars

Rwanda – toward cashless

Singapore dumps top denomination

Thailand – counterfeiting

UK – Cambridge, toward cashless

UK – Cash in the UK: The Agenda for 2021, webinar, 1/21/2021

UK – cashless welfare card makes life hard – you can’t do normal things

UK – virtually undetectable counterfeit L20s found in Liverpool

US – silver certificates, why were they issued & what are they worth

US/Connecticut – smash-&-grab whole ATMs

US/Virginia – coin finds from the Outer Banks to be displayed at museum

Zimbabwe embraces US dollar as currency shortage worsens

Zimbabwe – Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe – Background, Impact & Policy, Springer 2019